Reptiles > Lizards
The Balkan Wall Lizard (Podarcis tauricus), also known as the Crimean Wall Lizard, is one of the most vibrant and agile terrestrial lacertids native to southeastern Europe and the Black Sea basin. Unlike most other ‘wall lizards’ that cling to vertical...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Sahara Sand Viper (Cerastes vipera), also known as the Common Sand Viper or Avicenna Viper, is a diminutive, highly specialized venomous serpent exquisitely engineered for existence in the deep shifting dunes of the Sahara Desert. Unlike its larger horned...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Common Agama (Agama agama), famously celebrated as the Red-headed Rock Agama or Rainbow Lizard, is one of the most vividly colored, conspicuous, and familiar reptiles across the African continent. Inhabiting sunny village walls, rocky kopjes, and open savannas,...
Reptiles > Snakes
The Texas Blind Snake (Rena dulcis), also known as the Texas Threadsnake, is one of the smallest, most secretive, and most subterranean serpents in North America. Measuring scarcely thicker than a piece of cooked spaghetti and rarely exceeding eight inches in length,...
Reptiles > Lizards
The Common Sun Skink (Eutropis multifasciata), also known as the Many-lined Sun Skink or East Indian Brown Mabuya, is one of the most familiar, abundant, and conspicuous lizards across Southeast Asia. A dedicated heliotherm (sun-worshiper), this heavy-set, glossy...
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